Just since December, we’ve all heard of horrific bullying incidents – including the unthinkable – ending in suicide. Bullying is messy and complicated…and so is the issue of suicide…but when they shockingly go hand-in-hand we have to step up our…
I feel so much pain for what he must have been feeling and had no one to help him through. I’d have fought the world to the death had I known…why didn’t he come to me? Why couldn’t I see…
Why You’re a Superhero Fact: Like a human x-ray machine, you can read your child’s mind and see their heart. You’ve memorized every feature of their face. You are the expert in how they’re feeling and behaving. You know when…
This is National Bullying Prevention Month. I’m sorry it needs its own month but it’s such a big issue that we need to address it during October and every month after. Kids mental and emotional — and sadly — physical…
Dear Elementary School PTA President (a.k.a. Superhero in Mom Jeans – or Dad Sneakers): Schools wouldn’t be a true community without you and we need strong communities to help raise resilient, happy kids. Without your efforts to bring parents together to…
October is Bullying Prevention Month. It deserves its own month because the terrible effects of peer mistreatment cannot be ignored, especially when you add cyberbullying to the mix. Bullying prevention efforts are most often geared towards middle and high schools and…
By September 7th, most kids up to the age of 18 will be back in school in the U.S. so I’ve designated September as National ‘Be Nice to the New Kid Month. “Kind words do not cost much. Yet they accomplish much.” —Blaise…
The Role of the Parent in Early Childhood Bullying Prevention Bullying Behavior Starts Young The guiding rule of action should be to intervene too early rather than too late. – Dan Olweus, PhD, and founder of the Olweus Bullying Prevention…
When my oldest began First Grade, a neighbor of mine who had children slightly older than mine, gave me this advice: “If you’re not going to volunteer in the school, don’t complain in the schoolyard.” I felt it was a…